Theme: Europe’s internal and external borders
The new European borders
by Anja Lederer and Heiner Busch
For the construction of the EU state, which is being sold as an „area of freedom, security and justice“, the border policy and „fight against illegal migration“ plays a crucial role. Protection of the external borders still lies within the jurisdiction of the member states, but the technically highly-equipped external border systems have long since been harmonised at the European level. Parallel to this, new borders have arisen inland. Summaries weiterlesen